Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)

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Kingswood
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Kingswood in Avon
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Location of Avon within England
County 1974–1997 Avon
1997–present South Gloucestershire
Electorate 65,543 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Kingswood
1974 (1974)2024
SeatsOne
Created from Bristol South East and South Gloucestershire
Replaced by Bristol North East
Filton and Bradley Stoke
North East Somerset and Hanham

Kingswood was a borough constituency for the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years by the first-past-the-post electoral system.

Contents

The seat was abolished for the 2024 general election. [2]

History

The constituency existed from the February 1974 general election. It had been held by the Conservative and Labour parties. Before the 2010 election, when the seat was held by Labour, it was 135th on the Conservative Party target seats list [3] and in the 2015 election it was 41st on the Labour Party's target seats. [4]

On 26 November 2022, the previous MP, Conservative Chris Skidmore, announced that he would not seek re-election at the next election. [5] [6] On 5 January 2024, Skidmore announced he would resign from parliament "as soon as possible" in protest at the introduction of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill. [7] [8] On 8 January 2024, he formally resigned as an MP which triggered a by-election. [9]

Boundaries

Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2019-2024

1974–1983: The Urban Districts of Kingswood and Mangotsfield, alongside the Rural District of Warmley.

1983–1997: The District of Kingswood wards of Chase, Chiphouse, Downend, Forest, Hanham, Mangotsfield, New Cheltenham, Soundwell, Staple Hill, Woodstock, alongside the City of Bristol wards of Frome Vale, Hillfields, St George East, St George West.

1997–2010: The Borough of Kingswood wards of Badminton, Blackhorse, Bromley Heath, Chase, Chiphouse, Downend, Forest, Hanham, Mangotsfield, New Cheltenham, Oldland Barrs Court, Oldland Cadbury Heath, Oldland Longwell Green, Siston, Soundwell, Springfield, Staple Hill, Woodstock, alongside the City of Bristol wards of Frome Vale and Hillfields.

2010–2019: The District of South Gloucestershire wards of Bitton, Hanham, Kings Chase, Longwell Green, Oldland Common, Parkwall, Rodway, Siston, Woodstock.

2019 to 2024: The District of South Gloucestershire wards of Bitton and Oldland Common, Hanham, Kingswood, New Cheltenham, Woodstock, Longwell Green, Parkwall and Warmley.

The constituency covered part of the South Gloucestershire unitary authority, consisting of the eastern suburbs of Bristol and commuter villages outside of the city boundary, including the town of Kingswood. It largely corresponded to the former Borough of Kingswood.

The Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies prompted the boundary changes with effect from the 2010 general election. [10] In particular, all wards in the constituency were now from the South Gloucestershire authority. Prior to 2010, the Frome Vale and Hillfields wards of the City of Bristol were part of the Kingswood constituency, but were transferred to Bristol East. Within South Gloucestershire, the Kingswood seat gained Hanham, Bitton and Oldland Common from the former Wansdyke constituency, but lost Downend and Staple Hill to the new Filton and Bradley Stoke seat.

Abolition

Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished for the 2024 general election, with its contents distributed three ways: [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember [11] Party
Feb 1974 Terry Walker Labour
1979 Jack Aspinwall Conservative
1983 Robert Hayward Conservative
1992 Roger Berry Labour
2010 Chris Skidmore Conservative
2024 Independent
2024 by-election Damien Egan Labour
2024 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

2024 Kingswood by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damien Egan 11,176 44.9 +11.5
Conservative Sam Bromiley8,67534.9–21.3
Reform UK Rupert Lowe 2,57810.4New
Green Lorraine Francis1,4595.8+3.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Brown8613.5–3.4
UKIP Nicholas Wood1290.5New
Majority2,50110.0N/A
Turnout 24,90537.1–21.8
Registered electors
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +17.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Kingswood [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Skidmore 27,712 56.2 +1.3
Labour Nicola Bowden-Jones16,49233.4–6.1
Liberal Democrats Dine Romero3,4216.9+3.3
Green Joseph Evans1,2002.4+0.4
Animal Welfare Angelika Cowell4891.0New
Majority11,22022.8+7.4
Turnout 49,31471.5+1.3
Registered electors 68,972
Conservative hold Swing +3.7
General election 2017: Kingswood [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Skidmore 26,754 54.9 +6.6
Labour Mhairi Threlfall19,25439.5+9.9
Liberal Democrats Karen Wilkinson1,7493.6–0.2
Green Matt Furey-King9842.0–0.8
Majority7,50015.4–3.3
Turnout 48,74170.2–0.6
Registered electors 69,426+2.1
Conservative hold Swing –1.7
General election 2015: Kingswood [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Skidmore 23,252 48.3 +7.9
Labour Jo McCarron [16] 14,24629.6–5.7
UKIP Duncan Odgers [17] 7,13314.8+11.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Boyden [18] 1,8273.8–13.0
Green Cezara Nanu [19] 1,3702.8+2.0
BNP Julie Lake [20] 1640.3–2.4
TUSC Richard Worth [21] 840.2New
Vapers in PowerLiam Bryan490.1New
Majority9,00618.7+13.6
Turnout 48,12570.8–1.4
Registered electors 67,992+2.5
Conservative hold Swing +6.8
General election 2010: Kingswood [22] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Skidmore 19,362 40.4 +8.3
Labour Roger Berry 16,91735.3–10.6
Liberal Democrats Sally Fitzharris8,07216.8–1.2
UKIP Neil Dowdney1,5283.2+0.8
BNP Michael Carey1,3112.7New
Green Nick Foster3830.8New
English Democrat Michael Blundell3330.7New
Majority2,4455.1N/A
Turnout 47,90672.2+4.5
Registered electors 66,361+0.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +9.4

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Kingswood [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry 26,491 47.0 –7.9
Conservative Owen Inskip18,61833.1+4.7
Liberal Democrats Geoff Brewer9,08916.1+1.4
UKIP John Knight1,4442.6+0.5
Independent David Burnside6691.2New
Majority7,87313.9–12.6
Turnout 56,31166.7+1.3
Registered electors 88,400+4.8
Labour hold Swing –6.3
General election 2001: Kingswood [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry 28,903 54.9 +1.2
Conservative Robert Marven14,94128.4–1.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Greenfield7,74714.7+1.8
UKIP David Smith1,0852.1New
Majority13,96226.5+2.7
Turnout 52,67665.4–12.3
Registered electors 80,531+4.6
Labour hold Swing +1.4

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Kingswood [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry 32,181 53.7 +13.1
Conservative Jon Howard17,92829.9–15.9
Liberal Democrats Jeanne B. Pinkerton7,67212.9–0.8
Referendum Alexandra Reather1,4632.4New
BNP Peter Hart2900.5New
Natural Law Andrew Harding2380.4New
Independent Andrew Nicolson1150.2New
Majority14,25323.8+18.6
Turnout 59,88477.7–6.8
Registered electors 77,026+0.9
Labour win
General election 1992: Kingswood [32] [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roger Berry 26,774 44.5 +7.1
Conservative Robert Hayward 24,40440.6–4.3
Liberal Democrats Jeanne B. Pinkerton8,96714.9–2.8
Majority2,3703.9N/A
Turnout 60,14583.8+3.6
Registered electors 71,727–1.9
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +5.7

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Kingswood [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hayward 26,300 44.9 +4.5
Labour Roger Berry 21,90737.4+0.3
SDP Pamela Whittle10,38217.7–4.8
Majority4,3937.5+4.2
Turnout 58,58980.2+2.7
Registered electors 73,089+1.3
Conservative hold Swing +2.1
General election 1983: Kingswood [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Hayward 22,573 40.4 –0.8
Labour Terry Walker 20,77637.1–10.8
SDP Martyn Gilbert12,59122.5+12.6
Majority1,7973.3–3.5
Turnout 55,94077.5–3.5
Registered electors 72,159+1.6
Conservative hold Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Kingswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jack Aspinwall 23,553 45.4 +6.8
Labour Terry Walker 23,25044.8+0.8
Liberal A Wilson4,8529.3–8.1
National Front R Bale2580.5New
Majority3030.6N/A
Turnout 51,91386.2+2.0
Registered electors 60,229+7.6
Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.0
General election October 1974: Kingswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Walker 20,703 44.0 +5.3
Conservative David Hunt 18,13738.6+3.3
Liberal Jack Aspinwall 8,21617.4–8.5
Majority2,5665.4+2.0
Turnout 47,09284.2–2.5
Registered electors 55,952+0.9
Labour hold Swing +1.0
General election February 1974: Kingswood [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Walker 18,616 38.7 –8.4
Conservative Charles Irving 16,97535.3–17.5
Liberal Jack Aspinwall 12,47125.9New
Majority1,6413.4–2.3
Turnout 48,06286.7+12.7
Registered electors 55,462+1.2
Labour win (new seat)

See also

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